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1977-78 New Orleans Jazz Schedule and Results

Record: 39-43, Finished 5th in NBA Central Division

Coach: Elgin Baylor (39-43)

PTS/G: 107.6 (13th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 109.5 (13th of 22)

SRS: -1.80 (17th of 22) Pace: 108.3 (8th of 22)

Off Rtg: 98.9 (21st of 22) Def Rtg: 100.6 (10th of 22) Net Rtg: -1.7 (16th of 22)

Expected W-L: 36-46 (17th of 22)

Arena: Louisiana Superdome

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Oct 20, 1977	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	L		104	107	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Oct 21, 1977	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		111	103	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Oct 22, 1977	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	OT	104	103	2	1	W 2
4	Wed, Oct 26, 1977	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	106	3	1	W 3
5	Fri, Oct 28, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		114	107	4	1	W 4
6	Tue, Nov 1, 1977	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		99	88	5	1	W 5
7	Wed, Nov 2, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		102	104	5	2	L 1
8	Fri, Nov 4, 1977	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		105	102	6	2	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 6, 1977	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		97	108	6	3	L 1
10	Wed, Nov 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		112	115	6	4	L 2
11	Thu, Nov 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		111	127	6	5	L 3
12	Fri, Nov 11, 1977	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		107	123	6	6	L 4
13	Sun, Nov 13, 1977	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		83	117	6	7	L 5
14	Tue, Nov 15, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		105	108	6	8	L 6
15	Thu, Nov 17, 1977	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		127	116	7	8	W 1
16	Sat, Nov 19, 1977	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		103	101	8	8	W 2
17	Tue, Nov 22, 1977	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		123	108	9	8	W 3
18	Thu, Nov 24, 1977	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		131	129	10	8	W 4
19	Sun, Nov 27, 1977	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		115	106	11	8	W 5
20	Tue, Nov 29, 1977	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		87	95	11	9	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Nov 30, 1977	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		114	117	11	10	L 2
22	Sat, Dec 3, 1977	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		118	133	11	11	L 3
23	Tue, Dec 6, 1977	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		90	113	11	12	L 4
24	Wed, Dec 7, 1977	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		103	118	11	13	L 5
25	Fri, Dec 9, 1977	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		97	101	11	14	L 6
26	Sat, Dec 10, 1977	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		86	104	11	15	L 7
27	Tue, Dec 13, 1977	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		117	94	12	15	W 1
28	Fri, Dec 16, 1977	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	L		113	126	12	16	L 1
29	Sat, Dec 17, 1977	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		93	115	12	17	L 2
30	Sun, Dec 18, 1977	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		108	117	12	18	L 3
31	Thu, Dec 22, 1977	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		131	110	13	18	W 1
32	Sun, Dec 25, 1977	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	L		105	115	13	19	L 1
33	Tue, Dec 27, 1977	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		113	102	14	19	W 1	19,548
34	Fri, Dec 30, 1977	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		116	118	14	20	L 1
35	Tue, Jan 3, 1978	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		103	104	14	21	L 2
36	Thu, Jan 5, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		116	109	15	21	W 1
37	Fri, Jan 6, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		96	94	16	21	W 2
38	Sun, Jan 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		100	122	16	22	L 1
39	Tue, Jan 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L	OT	110	115	16	23	L 2
40	Wed, Jan 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		99	142	16	24	L 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		118	111	17	24	W 1
42	Tue, Jan 17, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		99	95	18	24	W 2
43	Wed, Jan 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		108	106	19	24	W 3			at Charlotte, NC
44	Fri, Jan 20, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		101	100	20	24	W 4
45	Sun, Jan 22, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		100	97	21	24	W 5
46	Tue, Jan 24, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		96	91	22	24	W 6	20,062
47	Fri, Jan 27, 1978	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		134	117	23	24	W 7
48	Sun, Jan 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		107	91	24	24	W 8
49	Tue, Jan 31, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		114	95	25	24	W 9
50	Wed, Feb 1, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		117	111	26	24	W 10
51	Tue, Feb 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		99	122	26	25	L 1
52	Wed, Feb 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	117	26	26	L 2
53	Sat, Feb 11, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		96	106	26	27	L 3
54	Sun, Feb 12, 1978	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L		112	119	26	28	L 4
55	Tue, Feb 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		95	102	26	29	L 5
56	Wed, Feb 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		99	112	26	30	L 6
57	Fri, Feb 17, 1978	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		102	111	26	31	L 7			at Baton Rouge, LA
58	Sun, Feb 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		111	130	26	32	L 8
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		116	91	27	32	W 1
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1978	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		101	98	28	32	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L	OT	120	122	28	33	L 1
62	Tue, Feb 28, 1978	Box Score		Buffalo Braves	W		125	108	29	33	W 1
63	Wed, Mar 1, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		101	100	30	33	W 2	10,073
64	Fri, Mar 3, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		113	116	30	34	L 1	12,333
65	Sat, Mar 4, 1978	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	104	31	34	W 1
66	Sun, Mar 5, 1978	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		97	98	31	35	L 1
67	Tue, Mar 7, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		84	82	32	35	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 8, 1978	Box Score	@	Buffalo Braves	L		108	120	32	36	L 1
69	Fri, Mar 10, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		105	99	33	36	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		109	103	34	36	W 2
71	Thu, Mar 16, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		98	123	34	37	L 1
72	Sat, Mar 18, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		96	88	35	37	W 1
73	Tue, Mar 21, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		117	114	36	37	W 2
74	Wed, Mar 22, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		109	124	36	38	L 1
75	Fri, Mar 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	OT	94	96	36	39	L 2
76	Sun, Mar 26, 1978	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		100	109	36	40	L 3
77	Wed, Mar 29, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		103	108	36	41	L 4
78	Fri, Mar 31, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		116	117	36	42	L 5
79	Sat, Apr 1, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		108	119	36	43	L 6	10,254
80	Tue, Apr 4, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		120	119	37	43	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 7, 1978	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		117	114	38	43	W 2
82	Sun, Apr 9, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		153	132	39	43	W 3

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